A.K. Gandhi, born in Meerut (U.P.), took retirement from the Indian Air Force in 1995 at a young age and engaged himself as full-time freelance writer and translator. He has written a number of book—his areas of interest being history, social study and grammar, which have been published by prestigious publications. He has written several books for academic purposes, which are taught in several CBSE-medium schools across the country. His articles keep appearing in different newspapers and magazines, including the Janvani and Readers’ Digest, as he writes off and on in them. He also runs two blogs — meerut-amazing.blogspot.in and writerakgandhi.blogspot.in. Awesome Stories from World History by A.K. Gandhi, world history, narratives, historical events, influential figures, civilizations, cultural developments, turning points, educational resource.